Our Scripture reading today is Colossians 2:6-7.
Verse 7, "Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving."
The last phrase of verse seven really caught my attention this morning. How often are we "abounding with thanksgiving?" We are probably better at abounding with asking than we are with thanksgiving. Thanksgiving should go beyond what we ask for to everything that God allows into our lives. Paul wrote in another passage of Scripture, "In every thing give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
A believer that is abounding with thanksgiving is someone who is growing in grace. This individual is rooted and built up in the ways of the Lord. They are striving to see their life through the lens of Scripture and not their own will and ways. God's daily plan for our lives is one worthy of giving thanks.